| THENORTH | Next, old king starts to tame hostile region above the Trent |
| COMET | Don't go - start to tame reindeer |
| SICKLIST | Roll for bad heel, so king starts (4,4) |
| HELLBENT | Determined he will be next, old having been ditched |
| TAKETIME | Be in no hurry to tame the wild kite caught (4,4) |
| AIRSPACE | Region above a country |
| ANDERTON | Built in 1875 to provide a vertical link between the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal, it is now a big tourist attraction (8, 4, 4) |
| BOATLIFT | Built in 1875 to provide a vertical link between the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal, it is now a big tourist attraction (8, 4, 4) |
| OTONABEE | Peterborough's river which is part of the Trent-Severn Waterway in the Kawarthas |
| TALISMAN | Charm beginning to tame wild animals |
| FISHPASS | Colwick ___ ___, giving upstream access on the Trent, is UK's largest (4,4) |
| CERE | Fleshy region above the beak in certain birds in which the nostrils (nares) are located; from Latin, 'wax' (4) |
| SAUL | First king starts to suspect a university lecturer (4) |
| ETHER | Region above the clouds: there last will be first (5) |
| LAPLAND | Which region above the arctic circle is also called Saamiland? (7) |
| OLAVV | Norwegian king starts to operate large automatic vehicle on central reservation (4,1) |
| RURAL | King starts to underestimate ruling a large country (5) |
| EKEOUT | Make last English king start to exercise in the open |
| SKY | Region above the horizon |
| EDWIN | King starts to expect downright victory |
